Australian football star Sam Kerr denied accusations of being intoxicated and disorderly in a London taxi before a racially aggravated public order offence trial. Kerr, the Matildas captain, testified about the racism she and her family have experienced, both in Australia and England, stating she and her partner Kristie Mewis felt 'terrified' during the cab ride. Kerr also revealed Mewis is expecting a baby boy in May.
Australia football star Sam Kerr has denied she was “drunk and kicking off” in the back of a London taxi before the ill-fated exchange with police that led to her being tried on a racially aggravated public order offence in a British court.
” Kerr, mostly composed in demeanour and wearing a white long-sleeved top with her hair tied back, described how she had “witnessed my brother and father experience racism because of the colour of their skin”. Racism, she added, had “always been a touchy subject growing up, been prominent in Australia with the Indigenous population. I was about nine or ten when I first witnessed it. I was quite confused, then sad”. At school she was labelled “a trouble-maker when clearly I was not”.
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